It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.

Die of a rose in aromatic pain.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.